Paradise

"Accessory dwelling" means a DWELLING UNIT accessory to a nonresidential PRINCIPAL USE on the same SITE, intended for occupancy by the landowner or a person employed on the site for security, maintenance or management purposes.

A base zone shall apply to each lot, site or parcel within the town. ... A combining zone may be applied to any site, or portion of a site, in addition to its base zone.

When a lot or parcel is divided by a district boundary, the regulations applicable to each zoning district shall apply separately to each affected portion of the site.

More than one hundred (100) square feet of junk may not be stored in any zoning district if the planning director or the planning commission determines that such junk is a nuisance or provides a health or safety hazard to persons or property.

All land uses not specifically enumerated within adopted zoning district regulations assigned to a lot, parcel, or site (or portion thereof) shall be prohibited, except those which were lawfully created or established prior to the effective date of this title.

The remainder of such lot contains a rectangular space of at least fifty (50) feet by one hundred (100) feet, usable for a principal building, excluding required yards; and such lot has a remaining area of at least seventy-five (75) percent of the minimum requirement.

The following structures may exceed the height limit of any zone by not more than ten (10) feet: 1. Parapet walls, chimneys, vents, and mechanical or safety features such as fire towers, stairway or elevator penthouses, and heating and cooling equipment; 2. Ornamental or architectural features, such as towers, cupolas, domes and spires, when not designed for occupancy.

A non-open or solid fence up to six (6) feet in height above grade may be installed along property lines which do not abut a road or street, or beyond setback lines as required by the zone when the property line abuts a road or street. A non-open or solid fence not exceeding four (4) feet in height above grade may extend into the front yard setback area; and wrought iron and/or chain link fences up to six (6) feet in height above grade may extend into the front yard setback area. No fence shall be installed within public rights-of-way. Exclusive of the front yard setback area, fences to a maximum height of eight (8) feet above grade subject to procurement of town building permit issuance may be installed around recycling processing facilities, a wastewater treatment/disposal utility facility, and/or legally established facilities that provide either scrap and salvage services or general vehicle/equipment storage or vehicle impoundment service.

Window sills, belt courses, cornices, flues and chimneys, eaves, air conditioning units and similar architectural projections may extend not more than two (2) feet into a required yard. Uncovered porches, steps, landings, and similar features located not more than two (2) feet above grade may extend not more than three (3) feet into a required yard.

For a building site exceeding twenty-five (25) percent average slope the front yard setback from a town-maintained street shall be the right-of-way line, plus two (2) feet, unless the town engineer requires a greater setback distance.

The setback area measured from private road easements or rights-of-way that are twenty (20) feet or less in width shall be a minimum of twenty-five (25) feet measured from the centerline within the easement or right-of-way.

In all residential, commercial and/or community facilities/services zones, lighting fixtures shall be designed, established and maintained to reflect away from any adjoining or nearby residences within two hundred (200) feet; and to minimize glare and illumination onto adjoining or nearby properties.

The establishment of new billboards; automotive sales and service (or repair); construction sales and service; cargo containers; convenience (mini-storage) facilities; outdoor vehicle and recreation equipment storage; utility service (major) facilities; outdoor storage of mobilehome(s) not legally permitted for human occupancy; and outdoor special sales ... shall be prohibited in scenic highway corridors.

When a building permit for a new building or other permits required for modular buildings or mobilehomes are required for commercial, industrial or institutional uses, or multiple living (or dwelling) unit uses having four (4) or more such units per parcel (or lot), in addition to all other requirements set forth in the California Building Code as amended and adopted by reference in this code, the following shall be required: A. The establishment of a constructed area providing an enclosure for containers used to hold solid waste and/or recyclable materials for collection and loading.

the town of Paradise shall not process nor approve any 'discretionary permit or project' advocating an increase of existing residential land use density upon any real property that is served access by either an existing or resultant cul-de-sac exceeding a maximum length of one thousand eight hundred (1,800) lineal feet.

The establishment or expanded long-term use of cargo containers as an accessory storage land use may be authorized in any zone except the multiple family residential (MF) and central business (CB) zoning districts, subject to the specific land use regulations within each zone, all other town-adopted development standards applicable to buildings, and all applicable land use standards set forth in subsection C. of this section.

The maximum building height shall be two (2) stories or twenty-five (25) feet, except that any building or portion of a building within twenty (20) feet of the side yard setback line shall have a maximum height of one story or fifteen (15) feet.

The establishment of potentially permitted new or expanded commercial land uses with metallic building(s) upon properties within the CB, CC, NC, CF, and CS zoning districts shall be subject to all applicable development standards set forth in subsection C of this section.

Except as provided in this Section 17.06.940, it shall be unlawful to sell or display merchandise in the exterior area of a building in a commercial zone.

In all zones, tree or timber removal activities that are not specifically enumerated and defined as 'commercial timber harvesting' may be permitted as a land use activity subject to the provisions of Chapter 8.12 of the Code.